Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15111, Jacob Ely, Conn.

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9827 Connecticut
Jacob Ely.
of Litchfield in the State of Conn. who was a P te Serg t in the Co — commanded by Captain Coit. of the Reg t commanded by Col o Parton in the Cont t line for 1 year & 21 days. of which 5 mo. & 21 days as a Serg t . —
$50.17/100
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut. at the rate of 50. Dollars 17. Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of June. 1833. and sent to O. S. Seymour Litchfield. C. T.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 33. 100.34
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 25.09 1833.
125.43
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. P. Palmer Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 12.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Connecticut } Court of Probate for the District and County of Litchfield } in the County of Litchfield.
On this 24 day of August 1832 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon: Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in said County, now sitting Jacob Ely a resident of Harwinton in said County aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated (viz).
I was born in Lyne, New London County Conn te on the 18 th day of January Old Style 1748. I have seen the record of my name & age in my father's family bible. I resided in Lyne when I entered the Service of the United States in the Revolution — my War & in 1778 removed to Harwinton where I have resided ever since & where I still reside.
About the first of June 1775 I enlisted into Capt Coit's Company Col Parson's Reg t Conn te State troops, to go to Cambridge Mass. on a tour of service for six months. The other officers of our company were W. H. T. W. S. D. Y. 1 st Lieut — Hyde, of Norwick, & 2 d Lieut. Elijah Bingham of Lyne. The name of our Ensign I do not remember. Our Regimental Officers were Col Samuel H. Parsons, Lieut Col — Sill (as I believe) & Adjutant, Day. Our Major's name I do not remember. Rev Mr. Johnson was Chaplain of the Reg t . Our Reg t was formed in New London Co & marched soon after to Cambridge, Mass. We arrived before the battle at Bunker's Hill. On the evening before the battle, nineteen of my company were selected to go with soldiers from the other Companies to

Throw up intrenchments on Bunker Hill. I was among the number, but Col  Putnam Capt Coit ordered me to stay & take care of my brother who was unwell & sent another man in my place place. Next morning we were called out to reinforce our troops who were attacked on the Hill. We marched over the Neck in single file under our Capt Coit's command & met the American troops at the foot of the Hill retreating. We fled, the balls were flying thick around us & the enemy in pursuit, one man was killed by my side. I think I saw Genl Putnam when we were retreating. A part of our Regt stopped at Roxbury before we first reached Cambridge & were not in this action. We retreated directly to Cambridge. I well remember seeing Charlestown in flames, it continued burning for a day or two. None of our Company were wounded, but none of them were killed in the action. One or two of them died of their wounds a few days after. We remained in Cambridge a few weeks when we were ordered to by Genl Washington, who had arrived & taken the command, to march to Roxbury. We were encamped in Roxbury & employed in watching the enemy who were near us till December when the term of my enlistment expired. I was employed much of the time in writing for the Adjutant as his Clerk & remained in the service about two weeks longer than the term of my enlistment at the earnest solicitation of our commanding officer. I was discharged in December by parole.
In June 1776 I enlisted for six months to go to New York in Capt Elijah Bingham's Company Col Selden's Regt Connec- ticut State Troops. I enlisted as a Clerk to the Col, had a Sergeant's warrant & served in the capacity of Sergeant & Clerk. Our Lieut's name was Elisha Wade who also acted as Adjutant in the Regt. Our Ensign's name I do not remember. Our Lieut Col's name was Saltonstall & Rev Thomas Brockway

of Lebanon was our Chaplain. Our Regt was formed in Lyons & went on board a vessel at Lyons & sailed to New York. We were quartered in the house of a Refugee who had joined the enemy. We were called over to Long Island on the day of the battle there, but we did not arrive in time to join in the action, though some of our Regt were engaged in it during a part of the time. We remained there that night & the next day, when in the evening I crossed over to New York with the rest of the army, & soon after we withdrew to Turtle Bay. I was not in the action at Turtle Bay, being sick & ordered by Col Selden to retire into the country. Col Selden was taken prisoner in that action, carried to New York where he died & Lieut Col Setimer took the command of our Regt. I returned & joined my Company at White Plains Harlem Heights where we remained a few days & then retired to White Plains where we made a stand. I was at White Plains during the action there, but being still unwell was not permitted to join in it. I witnessed the action & saw Genl Washington as he ordered on the reinforcements. After the battle I was sent with the sick to Cornwall Conn where I remained till about a week before my enlistment of six months had expired, when I was permitted to go home on account of my ill health. I have no documentary evidence of any of the above mentioned service & I know of no evidence that I can procure of any kind except the affidavits of John Ely & Andrew Ely who were with me in the service, whose affidavits are herewith sent, & also of Lois Ely and Elizabeth Scovill who knew that I was absent from home in the service.

I am known to the Rev George E Pierce & Benajah Hayden Esq & others residents of Harwinton who can testify to my character for truth & of their belief of my services &c.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity but the present I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and Subscribed
Jacob Ely
The day & year aforesaid
1848
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate Ritchfield District, Conn.

to whom it may concern
This May Certify that Jacob Ely is my Brother and that Jacob Ely and Myself Enlisted into the Continental Army in the Spring in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five for the term of Seven months under one engagement and Did serve the term of time out and I think some time After the time was expired, and that he the Aforesaid Jacob Ely Was in the Battle on the 17 Day June on Bunkers hill and the Next Spring in the year 1776 he Engaged for an other Campaign and Did serve in the Continental Line that Season I Was not in the Company With him in the year 1776 I Was in the Continental Line Enlisted for Nine Months, to the Best of my knowledge he Engaged for 5 or 6 months under one engagement and served his time out, in the year 1775 We Were in Capt Wm Coits Company in Colonel Mersons Regt Jacob Ely is About 83 years of Age Now and I am About 76 years of age We were Born in the Town of Lyme in Connecticut New London County Sons of Jacob Ely as May be seen on the Records in Lyme and farther Saith Not in testimony hereof I set my hand this 26 th Day of Sept 1832
Sworn September 26 th 1832. before me
Andrew Ely
J D Dofell First Judge of Ulster County
State of New York
Ulster County ss: I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Andrew Ely who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit - that he is a man of veracity and entitled to credit as a witness - September 26 th 1832
J D Dofell First Judge of Ulster County

State of New York
Office of the County Clerk for Ulster County
I. Jacob Snyder — — — County Clerk for said County hereby certify that A. C. Soper Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken was, on the 26 th of Sept 1832 & still is. First Judge of Ulster County duly authorized to administer oaths & that the signature which purports to be the signature of the said Judge appears to me to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 31 st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob Snyder
2/

Andrew Ely's Affidavit
Open 2/7

1895 Jacob Ely Connecticut
Amount for 1 yr and 86 days 5 Months & 21 days thereof Serjeants
  12 6  12 1/2  87.50  sc.    5.21  7 1/2  52.50  50.    6.15  20  140.00   
25.
  30 5. 2 1/2    3/105    35 00  
A. G. Seymour Sledford Connecticut

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Ely Sheffield & Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1775 — 6 15 Privt Capt Coles Col. Parsons Bunker Hill Cambridge Mass 84 Years Traditionary   Oct 1776 — 5 24 Privt Benjamin Genl Washington White Plains Cambridge Mass Lyme Conn Evidence   Genl Gates Red Bank Red Bank Conn   Red Bank Red Bank Conn   White Plains White Plains Conn   Long Island Long Island Conn   Harlem Heights Harlem Heights Conn   White Plains White Plains Conn  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
M.E.C.
F. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., October 4, 1895.
Miss:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Jacob Ely --- 8.15111 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 6mos. 15dys. Pvt. Coit Parsons Conn.   June 1776 5mos. 21dys. Sgt. Bingham Selden Conn.  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyne, Conn. Date of application for pension, August 21, 1832. Residence at date of application, Harwinton, Conn. Age at date of application, Born, Lyne, Conn., Jan. 18, 1748.
Remarks:
Old Ely
Very respectfully,
Miss Hattie A. Ely, Room 704, 42 Church St., New Haven, Conn.
Commissioner

We George E Pierce a Clergyman residing in the town of Harwinton Litchfield County Connecticut and Benajah Haden residing in said Harwinton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Ely who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 84 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  sworn to & subscribed this 5 th day of January A.D. 1842 before me Frederick Wolcott Benajah Haden Judge of Probate Litchfield District Connecticut
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that George E. Pierce
who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in Harwinton, Litchfield County and that Benajah Haden who has also signed the same is a resident in said Harwinton and that
is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate, District of Litchfield, Connecticut

I Phinehas Miner, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Ely
for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 9 th day of November 1832 Phinehas Miner Clerk
Jacob Ely
18955

Lois Ely's Deposition

I John Ely of Philadelphia City and County State of Pennsylvania aged 74 years being duly sworn depose and say that I was born in Lyme, New London County Connecticut that Jacob Ely of Harwinton Litchfield County Conniet is my brother, that I have known him from my infancy up to the present time, that early in the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a soldier in the Continental Capt Coits Company and joined the Continental army near Boston. I myself was a soldier at the same time in the year 1775 in Capt Chapman's Compny, Col Parson's Regt. My brother, Jacob Ely was a soldier in the same Regt. Capt Chapman's Compny to which I belonged was stationed at Roxbury, but Capt Coits Compny was at Cambridge. I have always understood that my brother Jacob was in the battle of Bunker's Hill. After that battle I saw my brother at Roxbury, he remained there till late in the fall of that year, but the precise time when he left there I do not remember.
He also served another Campaign in the year 1776 and was on duty mostly in the vicinity of New York, and from my own personal knowledge, and from the testimony of many others our neighbors and acquaintance, I have no doubt of his having served at least one year as a soldier of the Revolution. John Ely
State of Connecticut Litchfield County p Litchfield Sept. 12. 1832 Then personally appeared John Ely to me known to who is a credible person & made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed Before me Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut ss Office of the Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Benajah Haden Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of Lois Ely and Elizabeth Scovill appear to have been taken, and that Origen S. Seymour Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Ely appears to have been taken, are and for more than a year past have been Justices of the Peace for said County of Litchfield and that the signatures purporting to be theirs, respectively attached to said affidavits appear to me to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said County Court on this 7 th day of November 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I Lois Ely of Norwinton in Litchfield County & state of Connecticut, of lawful age; do depose and say that in the year A 1775 I lived in the town of Lyme County of New London in said state of Connecticut, & was at that time, long time before & ever since have been well acquainted with Jacob Ely of sd Lyme at the time above mentioned, but none of Norwinton in Litchfield County. And I well remember that Jacob Ely enlisted into the revolutionary service in the fore part of the summer of the year 1775 & into the company raised in sd Lyme, New London & Norwich, & one Elijah Bingham a person belonging to Lyme with whom at the time of sd Ely's going into the service, I was well acquainted, was Lieutenant of the same company, I also remember well that sd Ely while in the service wrote a letter to my husband, or in other words my husband received a letter purporting to have come from sd Ely, I likewise remember some time from the service about Thanksgiving time the same year, & that he taught school the winter following the time in which he came home. I also recollect that said Ely went into the service again in the year 76 & was gone from home through the summer & enlisted I believe as a soldier both times & he returned from duty the second time according to the best of my recollections near the last of November following.
And further the deponent saith not.
Lois Ely

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. Haverstock On this 28 th day of Sept A 1832.
Personally appeared Lois Ely and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed. I hereby certify.
The said Lois Ely is a person well known to me, & respected by the people in the neighbour- hood where she resides to be a person of truth & veracity. & is about seventy three years of age.
Before me
Benjamin Hadden Justice Peace

Elizabeth Scoville
Affidavit
1. I, Elizabeth Scoville, of the County of ... State of ... do hereby certify that ...
2. ... 3. ... 4. ... 5. ... 6. ... 7. ... 8. ... 9. ... 10. ...
Subscribed and sworn to before me This _____ day of _____ 19____

I Elizabeth Scovill of Haverston Litchfield County in the state of Connecticut, of lawful age, do depose & say, that I was born at Lyme in the County of New London in the state of Connecticut in the year 1756 & lived there until I was nineteen years of age, at which time I came to Haverston in Litchfield County, in which County I have resided ever since, that when I resided at Lyme I was well acquainted with Jacob Ely who belonged to & resided in Lyme at the time I did - but now resides in Haverston aforesaid, and to the best of my remembrance said Ely enlisted into the revolutionary service some time in the year 1775 I think in the forepart of the summer, and was absent from home until some time in the latter part of the autumn following, I also recollect that said Ely's wife came to the house where I lived, I think in the month of Oct of said year & said she had received a letter from her husband & told what time he would come home, but the time I have forgotten, the letter she brought with her.
I remember that in the year following that is in the year 76 my father was absent from home one day & when he returned, he said Jacob Ely had enlisted again, he also said they (meaning the persons who were enlisting men) offered to pay Ely some money if he would enlist again, (that is before he did enlist).
And farther the deponent saith not.
Elizabeth Scovill

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Haverston
On this 21 st day of September 1852.
Personally appeared Elizabeth Scovill who subscribed the foregoing Affidavit, and made solemn oath to the facts and matter therein contained. I hereby certify The said Elizabeth Scovill who subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit is 66 years of age & well known to me for more than forty years & her general character in the neighborhood where she resides for truth & veracity is good
Before me
Barnabas Haden Justice Peace

15111 INVALID.
File No. 15111
Jacob Ely Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 113
[Arrangement of 1832]

Oct. 4/93 Hotel 5 Miss Hattie A Ely. Room 704. 42 Church St. New Haven Conn. m. c.